LED backlight deals point to 13.3-inch Apple ultraportable
Right now you could scrawl “ultraportable” with a sharpie on an apple in your local grocery store, and before you got to the checkout there’d be analysts, journalists and the generally hopeful clustering around begging for a super-compact notebook from Cupertino’s most famous…
Asus Eee PC hacked with 16GB and Bluetooth
A “Jonhx” user at forum.eeeuser.com did a mod on his EEE PC to increase the storage to 16GB and add Bluetooth connectivity. He used the internal USB ports, a Microsoft Bluetooth Adapter and a Corsair Voyager 16GB USB drive ($150) for that mod. that is a perilous mod and you should attem…
WoW Laptop by Dell for $4,450
Dell is coming up with a super-high-end laptop with the WoW (world of warcraft) theme. Customers can choose the “Horde” or “Alliance” camp. Now it is not only good looking (if you are a WoW fan, that said), it additionally have decent horsepower to get most games to run smoo…
Power-Generating Billboard From PG&E
Here is an interesting view: a solar billboard that generates 3.4Kw of electricity during the day (that’s in peak conditions, I guess) and sends it back to the grid. At night, it does consume electricity, plus from the grid, to light itself. However, it produces more energy than it uses hence…
Remote Controlled Metal Detector Car
This remote-controlled (R/C) car is equipped with a metal detector that will beep when in proximity of metallic objects. It’s probably not the most efficient treasure-hunter tool, but whether you are not going to a fortune, you might as well have fun instead. It might be a good beach toy, alth…
Cigarette Lighter Flashlight
There are times that I wished I had a flashlight in my car: to scope house numbers in a dark street or to look at something underneath a seat, among other things. The concept of having a flashlight that plugs into the car’s cigarette lighter is cool – even whether you leave it for a whil…
Pepsi’s Billion Free Tunes on Amazon
Of course, you’ll have to work a little for it and… drink some Pepsi. The promo cipher will be in Pepsi’s bottle-cap, an age-old promotional tool for Pepsi and rival Coca-cola. But that’s not it, you will need five caps to get one free download… Yikes, that’s p…
